The Triumphant Return of the “Festival of the Lion King” was Announced in New Africa Location at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

The Festival of the Lion King will return in June.

The Festival of the Lion King sadly had to be shut down in order to make room for the Avatar Land expansion at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The shows enormous popularity ensured that it would live on in the park and today the announcement was made that Festival of the Lion King,” the musical show that tells the tale of Simba through song, dance and aerial acrobatics, will return in a new location in the Africa section of Disney’s Animal Kingdom this June.

Here is a first look at the artist rendition of the what the new area and theater will look like.